How to Manage Pests

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

Seasonal development and life cycle—True bugs

True bugs go through incomplete metamorphosis. Depending on the species, eggs are
laid exposed on foliage or bark or inserted in plant tissue. The flightless nymphs gradually change to winged
adults without any pupal stage.

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